PSSA Prep Flashcards
Which expression is equivalent to 72 + 45? A. 8(9 + 5) B. 9(8 + 5) C. 9(8 + 45) D. 10(62 + 35)
B - 9(8 + 5) because you use distributive property
A room in Ben’s house has a wall with a height of 10 feet. Ben hangs a painting on the wall so that the ceiling in the room is 3 feet above the top of the painting. The number 3 describes the location of the ceiling in the room relative to the top of the painting.
Which number describes the location of the floor in the room relative to the top of the painting?
A. –10
B. –7
C. –3
D. 0
B - (-7)
Shane records the number of yards earned on each of four plays in a football game. The numbers he records are listed below.
–8 15 3 –6
Which list shows the numbers of yards earned in order from least to greatest?
A. 3 –6 –8 15
B. –6 –8 3 15
C. –8 –6 3 15
D. 3 15 –8 –6
C - (-8) (-6) 3 15
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Donna purchases 10 tickets to a state fair.
• She purchases 4 adult tickets for $48.
• The remaining tickets are child tickets, for which she pays a total of $42.
What is the ratio of the price of one adult ticket to the price of one child ticket?
A. 2 to 3
B. 4 to 3
C. 8 to 7
D. 12 to 7
D - 12:7
Nine dolls are sold at an auction. The selling price, in dollars, of each of the 9 dolls sold is shown in the data set below.
22 28 30 30 32 35 75 110 525
Which statement best describes the selling prices and the most appropriate measure of center
of the selling prices?
A. The selling prices are mostly clustered, making mean the most appropriate measure of center.
B. The most common selling price is at the center of a cluster, making mode the most appropriate measure of center.
C. The selling prices are skewed to the right and include an outlier, making mean the most appropriate measure of center.
D. The selling prices are skewed to the right and include an outlier, making median the most appropriate measure of center.
D
FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION: The drama club sold shirts and caps to raise money for new stage equipment. The club sold each shirt for $20. The club made a profit of $4 for each shirt sold.
The drama club sold a total of $480 worth of shirts.
A. How much profit did the club make from the shirt sales? Show or explain all
your work.
The club sold each cap for $12. The club made a profit of $3 for each cap sold.
B. What percent of the selling price of each cap is the profit? Show all your work.
Explain why you did each step.
A - $96
B - 25% profit; since 3 ÷ 12 = 0.25, the club earns 25% of the price of the cap.
What is the formula for SA in a triangular prism?
SA = ah + aw + bw + cw
What is the formula for area of a trapezoid?
A = 1/2h(b1 + b2)
SOL: Hayden has $20 to spend at the county fair. Admission to the fair is $5.00 per person, and tickets for food and games are $1.25 per ticket.
What information is needed to calculate the amount of money that Hayden will have left after attending the fair?
A The number of prizes he won
B The number of hours he attended
C The number of tickets he purchased
D The number of miles the fair is from his house
C - # of tickets purchased
SOL: Amy bought three CDs for $15.34, $17.57, and $10.29, including sales tax.
She gave the clerk $50.00. Which is closest to the amount of change Amy
should receive?
F $1.00
G $7.00
H $10.00
J $17.00
G - $7
SOL: What is 11.25 divided by 0.5 ? A 2,250 B 225 C 22.5 D 2.25
C - 22.5
SOL: In her shopping cart, Jody has 2 pounds of oranges at $0.99 per pound, 3 cans of soup at $1.19 per can, and 1 gallon of ice cream at $3.79 per gallon.
Which is closest to the total cost of the items in her shopping cart?
A $9.00
B $8.00
C $7.00
D $6.00
A - $9
SOL: 0.008 divided by 0.64 F 8 G 80 H 800 J 8,000
G - 80
SOL: What number is equal to 2*8-4/4? A 2 B 3 C 14 D 15
D - 15
